Chardonnet

[ shahr-dn-ey; French shar-daw-ne ]

noun
  1. Hi·laire Ber·ni·gaud [ee-lerber-nee-goh], /iˈlɛr bɛr niˈgoʊ/, Comte de, 1839–1924, French chemist and inventor.

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Chardonnet

/ (French ʃardɔnɛ) /


noun
  1. (Louis Marie) Hilaire Bernigaud (ilɛr bɛrniɡo), Comte de. 1839–1924, French chemist and industrialist who produced rayon, the first artificial fibre

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